THE CHILDREN'S SONG BOOK
Written by Alfred W. Tomlyn.
Illustrated by Lawson Wood; Harry Rountree; et al.; A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 2131158
Published by Andersons-Edinburgh-Limited.
Circa
1910.
Almost very good condition.

A book of children's rhymes set to music. Fabric covered boards with gilt title to front; colour decorations. First Song/Rhyme is 'A Farmer went Trotting'. Also includes Baa! Baa! Black Sheep; Jack and Jill; Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; Wee Willie Winkie and more. Two-tone plates, including frontis by Lawson Wood.
Some grubby marks to covers. Hinges are cracked; binding a little weak. Foxing to outer page edges. A few small margin marks.
Located at:
Stella Books, Tintern

Prince Charming Colour Books for Children series. Cloth covers with black titles to front and spine. Pictorial colour onlay to front cover. 48 colour plates (which includes the endpapers) to contents. 472 pages.
Spine and corners are worn with some fraying of cloth. Some scratching to pictorial onlay on front cover. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Foxing (mainly to textblock) and some grubby fingermarks to contents.
Located at:
Stella Books, Tintern

Very attractive green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. 16 pretty colour plates mounted on grey captioned card. 199 pages. Top edge green, others untrimmed.
Splits to spine, with some fraying to cloth. Uneven fading to covers; bumping along edges and to corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. All plates are present - one is loose. Foxing and browning to page margins and outer page edges. Page margin loss to a few pages and some tears. Some grubby margin marks.
Located at:
Stella Books, Tintern

TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Written by Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb.
Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 2127786
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd..
Circa
1951.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Charming Colour Books for Children series. Grey-green cloth covers with black titles to front and spine. 30 colour plates and 18 monotone. 472 pages. Pictorial endpapers.
Bumping to corners. Fading to spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few marks to outer page edges. All colour plates are present. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips; one piece of loss to top of front panel; a few other smaller chips of loss.
Located at:
Stella Books, Tintern

TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
No author listed.
Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 2127181
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd..
Circa
1941.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light brown cloth with black titles and pictorial onlay of a scene in Aladdin to front. Pictorial endpapers. 48 colour plates. Stories included are: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; Sinbad the Sailor; Aladdin: or the Wonderful Lamp; The Sleeper Awakened; The Enchanted Horse; and The Talkative Barber.
Some browning to spine. A few marks to covers. Large inscription to verso of frontis. Pencil and pencil colour inscription to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with a large piece of loss to bottom edge of front panel; other smaller pieces of loss to corners. Wrapper is also creased and worn. Numbers written in colour to front flap. All plates present.
Located at:
Stella Books, Tintern

TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Written by Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb; William Shakespeare.
Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 1609762
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd..
c.
1938.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

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Very Pleased. Book really was in very good condition as described. It came pleasingly quickly and was packed to a very high standard, which ensured it arrived unmarked and undamaged. I wish other book sellers could be more like this one. Well done.
July 2019